How Kristaps Porzingis made the difference for the Celtics

WATCH: Globe reporter Adam Himmelsbach and Dallas Morning News reporter Mike Curtis debate what the rest of the NBA Finals will look like. Continue reading →

Jayson Tatum’s championship dreams

WATCH: Legacy means everything to the Celtics star. Reporter Adam Himmelsbach highlights how Banner 18 could solidify his superstar status. Continue reading →

Gasper: Celtics fans should thank Kyrie Irving

WATCH: The columnist and host argues that the Celtics wouldn’t be where they are today without Irving’s pitstop in Boston. Continue reading →

Nation

Trump plans to claim sweeping powers to cancel federal spending

The Constitution gives control over spending to Congress, but Trump and his aides maintain that the president should have much more discretion. Continue reading →

Nation

Justice Thomas discloses two 2019 trips paid for by Harlan Crow

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has disclosed for the first time visits to Bali and to a private club in California in 2019 paid for by his friend and benefactor, Texas billionaire Harlan Crow, according to financial disclosures released Friday for eight of the nine justices. Continue reading →

Nation

Hunter Biden’s daughter Naomi testifies on his behalf in gun trial

Hunter Biden’s daughter Naomi testified Friday that her father was sober and “hopeful” in mid-2018, right before he claimed to be drug-free on a gun application — but that claim was quickly undercut by her own anguished texts saying he had driven her to the breaking point. Continue reading →

World

For the first French town liberated on D-Day, history is personal

While most villages across Normandy hold annual D-Day commemorations, little Ste.-Mère-Église hosts six parades, 10 ceremonies, 11 concerts, and a parachute jump by current US paratroopers. Continue reading →

World

Biden straddles the patriotic and the political in speech at Normandy

On a clear and sunny afternoon overlooking Utah and Omaha beaches, the president evoked “the ghosts of Pointe du Hoc,” the Army Rangers who scaled cliffs in the face of withering German fire, to link the struggle for freedom during World War II with the fight for democracy now. Continue reading →

World

Yemen’s Houthi rebels detain 11 UN staffers and others in sudden crackdown, officials say

The detentions come as the Houthis, who seized Yemen’s capital nearly a decade ago and have been fighting a Saudi-led coalition since shortly after, have been targeting shipping throughout the Red Sea corridor over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. Continue reading →

OPINION

Kennedy should debate, but not with the front-runners

He should debate with the other second-tier candidates. Continue reading →

OPINION

The questions Biden and Trump must be asked at their debate

Will they accept the election results and do everything possible to condemn political violence, no matter who wins? Continue reading →

OPINION

TikTok ban: Is it about data collection or punishing China?

Whether it’s a photo editing software, a gaming app, or even a basic flashlight download — yes, apps are collecting your data. Continue reading →

Camberville & beyond

What can $77 million get you in Cambridge? A fixed-up fire station, apparently.

The price tag for fixing up the old firehouse and department headquarters near Harvard Square has climbed and climbed. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Jury finds Boston-area pizza shop owner guilty of forcing immigrants to work long hours without fair pay

Stavros “Steve” Papantoniadis was convicted following a two-week trial on three counts of forced labor and three counts of attempted forced labor. Continue reading →

Metro

Marvelous Marvin Hagler loved Brockton. Now the city is returning the love.

The legendary middleweight boxer, who died in 2021, will be honored next week by the city where he was raised with a statue in his honor. Continue reading →

Sports

Cliff Diving World Series returns to Boston

Last year’s world series champions, Rhiannan Iffland of Australia and Constantin Popovici of Romania, are competing. Continue reading →

On baseball

John Henry says fans’ expectations are unrealistic, but isn’t focusing on the present how the Red Sox won their four championships under him since 2004?

In his first extensive interview in several years, Henry told The Financial Times that the odds of winning the World Series were actually quite long. Continue reading →

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The Celtics were pressed in the third quarter by the Mavericks. They responded the way championship teams do.

When their 29-point lead dwindled to 8, “that’s when the game started” according to Jaylen Brown. And he stepped up when it mattered. Continue reading →

Business

Town-by-town map: See where median home prices have risen the most

It’s not just Boston that’s seen marked increases in home prices. Data show a bird’s eye view of where prices have gone up the most. Continue reading →

Business

US tightens car mileage rules, part of strategy to fight climate change

The Biden administration on Friday tightened vehicle fuel mileage standards, part of its strategy to transform the American auto market into one that is dominated by electric vehicles that do not emit the pollution that is heating the planet. Continue reading →

Business

Boston chef paralyzed in Uber crash must go through arbitration, SJC rules

The state Supreme Judicial Court ruled Friday that a passenger who sued Uber for negligence after he was paralyzed in a crash in 2022 must go through arbitration, reversing a lower court's ruling. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Erich Anderson, actor in ‘Friday the 13th’ and ‘Felicity,’ dies at 67

Erich Anderson, an actor known for his breakout role in the “Friday the 13th” franchise and recurring appearances on television series like “Felicity” and “Thirtysomething,” died June 1 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 67. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Margot Benacerraf, award-winning Venezuelan documentarian, dies at 97

Her hypnotic “Araya,” a visual tone poem chronicling the daily lives of salt workers on an austere peninsula in Venezuela, shared the critics’ prize at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Nonny Hogrogian, 92, honored illustrator of children’s books, dies

Ms. Hogrogian was one of the few writers and illustrators to be honored with two Caldecott Medals, considered one of the highest annual honors in children’s literature. Continue reading →

STAGE REVIEW

‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike’ channels Chekhov with a twist

The Gloucester Stage Company production, directed by Rebecca Bradshaw, runs through June 23. Continue reading →

Movies

Coolidge Corner Theatre recognizes union

The decision, which comes just one week after staff at the nonprofit Coolidge filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board, enables roughly 40 theater employees to join United Autoworkers Local 1596 and begin negotiating a new contract. Continue reading →

Television

Big Papi talks wild and ‘very emotional’ 2004 Red Sox reunion on ‘Late Night’

“I was two seconds away from joining the club again,” David Ortiz told Seth Meyers of the recent reunion with his 2004 World Series teammates. Continue reading →